phoe

  • 1phoe|be — «FEE bee», noun. 1. Greek Mythology. the goddess of the moon. Phoebe was also called Artemis by the Greeks and Diana by the Romans. 2. the moon. ╂[< Latin Phoebe < Greek Phoíbē, feminine of Phoîbos Phoebus] phoe|be «FEE bee», noun. a small… …

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  • 2Phoe|be — «FEE bee», noun. 1. Greek Mythology. the goddess of the moon. Phoebe was also called Artemis by the Greeks and Diana by the Romans. 2. the moon. ╂[< Latin Phoebe < Greek Phoíbē, feminine of Phoîbos Phoebus] phoe|be «FEE bee», noun. a small… …

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  • 3Phoe|be|an — «fih BEE uhn», adjective. 1. of or having to do with Phoebus or Apollo as the god of poetry. 2. characteristic of Phoebus or Apollo as the god of poetry …

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  • 4phoe — chlo·ro·phoe·ni·cite; leu·co·phoe·ni·cite; phoe·be·an; phoe·ni·cite; phoe·ni·coch·ro·ite; phoe·ni·cop·teri; phoe·ni·cop·ter·i·dae; phoe·ni·cop·ter·i·for·mes; phoe·ni·cop·ter·us; phoe·nic·u·lus; phoe·nix·i·ty; ty·phoe·an; phoe·be; phoe·ni·cian;… …

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  • 5Phoe|nix — «FEE nihks», noun. 1. a mythical bird, the only one of its kind, said to live 500 or many thousands of years, to burn itself on a funeral pyre of herbs and to rise again from a small worm in the ashes, fresh and beautiful, for another long life.… …

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  • 6phoe|nix — «FEE nihks», noun. 1. a mythical bird, the only one of its kind, said to live 500 or many thousands of years, to burn itself on a funeral pyre of herbs and to rise again from a small worm in the ashes, fresh and beautiful, for another long life.… …

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  • 7Phoe|bus — «FEE buhs», noun. 1. Greek Mythology. a) Apollo, the god of the sun. b) Apollo as the god of poetry and music. 2. the sun: »Hark, hark! the lark at heaven s gate sings, And Phoebus gins arise (Shakespeare). ╂[< Latin Phoebus < Greek Phoîbos …

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  • 8phoe|ni|ca|ceous — «FEE nuh KAY shuhs», adjective. belonging to the palm family of plants. ╂[< New Latin Phoenix, icis the genus name (< Greek phoînix, īkos date palm) + English aceous] …

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  • 9Phoe|ni|cian — «fuh NIHSH uhn, NEE shuhn», adjective, noun. –adj. of or having to do with Phoenicia, an ancient kingdom on the eastern Mediterranean, its people, or their language. –n. 1. one of the people of Phoenicia or of a Phoenician colony: »The invention… …

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  • 10Phoe|ni|cis — «fih NY sihs», noun. genitive of Phoenix …

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